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Question: What are common documentation gaps in behavioral health encounters?... More
Recent changes mandated by Congress and CMS that boost the status of physician assistants (PA) — or physician associates, as some groups prefer — is another sign that the providers formerl... More
The newly published Medicare utilization numbers reflecting CY 2025 show that the COVID slump appears to be in the distance, but the utilization of even some popular services has fluctuated wildly. ... More
Question: What are common documentation gaps in behavioral health encounters?... More
Recent changes mandated by Congress and CMS that boost the status of physician assistants (PA) — or physician associates, as some groups prefer — is another sign that the providers formerl... More
The newly published Medicare utilization numbers reflecting CY 2025 show that the COVID slump appears to be in the distance, but the utilization of even some popular services has fluctuated wildly. ... More
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Find the latest list of designated health services (DHS) that are subject to the Stark physician self-referral rule’s restriction on referrals. The new list went into effect Jan. 1, 2026.
Get a head start on revisions to codes in the E/M, cardiovascular, radiology and medicine chapters of the 2026 CPT Manual. The following chart contains the current and revised long descriptors for codes that CMS released in the proposed 2026 Medicare physician fee schedule and intends to assign an active (A) payment status
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The newly published Medicare utilization numbers reflecting CY 2025 show that the COVID slump appears to be in the distance, but the utilization of even some popular services has fluctuated wildly.
Eleven specialties reported the visit-complexity add-on code G2211 more than 1 million times apiece in 2025, with total claims topping 45 million and payments nearing $455 million, both figures up significantly from the previous year.
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